Iran’s ‘The Fox’ garners award at Italian festival

Iranian short animated film ‘The Fox’ has been awarded at the 2019 International Cross-Media and Children's Television Festival in Italy.

‘The Fox’ bagged the Best Short Film award at the 23rd edition of the Italian festival.

Directed by Sadeq Javadi, ‘The Fox’ tells the story of a young fox experiencing its first love. Meanwhile, it gets caught by a hunter who puts a bell around the fox’s neck and returns it to the woods. Now, the fox’s efforts to survive and love all begin.

‘The Fox’ has so far attended several international film events, including the 2nd Phoenician International Film Festival in France, the 11th biennial Tehran International Animation Festival in Iran and the 2018 CINANIMA International Animated Film Festival in Portugal.

‘The Fox’ was named the best short film at the World Festival of Animated Film in the Bulgarian city of Varna and the 7th Cebu International Film Festival in the Philippines.

The 23rd edition of the International Cross-Media and Children's Television Festival “Cartoons on the Bay” was held in the city of Turin on April 11-13, 2019.

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